Avila David A.

David A. Avila was raised in East Los Angeles and comes from a boxing family that includes his father who fought several times at the Olympic Auditorium during the 1950s. His great grandfather was Battling Ortega and fought numerous world champions from 1916 to 1928. Avila formerly wrote for the L.A. Times and has a weekly column for the Riverside Press-Enterprise, La Prensa, Unidos and Excelsior newspapers. He is the West Coast editor for TheSweescience.com and has written for the popular web site since 2005. Avila has long been one of the few boxing writers that has covered women’s boxing since the 1990s and remains a strong proponent for female prizefighting. He is the new editor of ThePrizefighters.com a site devoted to highlighting women in the fight circles.
Torres
News

Mexico’s Anahi Torres Gives Louisa Lawton First Loss

“Lulu” Hawton Gets Fierce Welcome To United States, Loses to Torres

By Felipe Leon

In a bit of a surprise, Perth, Australia’s Louisa “Lulu” Hawton suffered her first defeat in her first fight in the United States as she was topped

Japan
Features

Reporting from Japan: Fujioka, Koseki and More

Reporting from Japan: Ready, Set, Go for Japanese female boxing

By Yuriko Miyata

The Annual Boxing Award ceremony 2017 was held at the Tokyo Dome Hotel on Feb 9th, and WBA middleweight champion

Champions Week
News

Champions Week and Female Fight News

Champions Week All Over and Female Fight News
By David A. Avila
Champions all over the world engaged this past weekend from Argentina

Persoon Chasing
Features

Delfine Persoon Chasing Katie Taylor

WBC Lightweight Champion Delfine Persoon Chasing Katie Taylor 
By Phil Woolever
After her most recent fight a few weeks ago (UD 8 over Monica Gentil), WBC Lightweight Champion Delfine Persoon

El Paso
News

Jennifer Han vs. Lizbeth Crespo in El Paso

Jennifer Han Defends IBF Title Against Argentina’s Lizbeth Crespo   By David A. Avila IBF featherweight titlist Jennifer Han plans to give Argentina’s Lizbeth Crespo

Bouvier
Features

Mariana Juarez vs Gabriela Bouvier on Saturday

Juarez Defends Against Bouvier in First Fight of 2018
By Felipe Leon
One thing needed to survive as a professional boxer, especially a female fighter, is confidence.  The 38-year-old Mariana “Barbie” Juarez

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